As a reader I’m always interested in trying out new books and new authors. So when there are exciting giveaways announced, I always take an extra interest to see which books are featured. This exciting giveaway was announced nearly a week ago and is titled “The Ides Of March book giveaway”. Seventeen award-winning and best-selling authors have teamed up to offer this giveaway. One lucky person will win a set of 17 fascinating titles and the titles being offered are:

- THE LANTERN by Deborah Lawrenson
- THE FIREBIRD (ARC) by Susanna Kearsley
- THE TWELFTH ENCHANTMENT by David Liss
- COLD MAGIC by Kate Elliott
- THE MAPMAKER'S WAR by Ronlyn Domingue
- DRACULA IN LOVE by Karen Essex
- RED, WHITE AND BLOOD by Chris Farnsworth
- THE HOUSE OF VELVET AND GLASS by Katherine Howe
- THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL (ARC) by Carolyn Turgeon
- THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES by M. J. Rose
- THIEFTAKER by D. B. Jackson
- GLAMOUR IN GLASS by Mary Robinette Kowal
- DEVIL'S GATE by F. J. Lennon
- THE MISSING MANUSCRIPT OF JANE AUSTEN by Syrie James
- THE CROOKED BRANCH by Jeanine Cummins
- A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS by Marie Brennan
- THE RECKONING by Alma Katsu

The contest begins from the 1st of March and runs until the 15th of March. Once the winner(s) are selected, the person(s) will be notified within 48 hours. The authors will be giving one set of books per 500 entries.

For those interested in entering this awesome contest, can do so over here (scroll all the way down). The only disclaimers with this contest are that it is open to all residents of the USA, Canada and the UK ONLY and by entering this contest, each participant agrees to be added to the authors' mailing lists (However you can always unsubscribe from any mailing list at any time). That’s it so I would like to wish all the very best to everyone who enters this contest.

The gist of this announcement is that David will be partnering with Robert Duperre for a new series called “The Breaking World” that is set in the same world as his previous books and is being published by 47 North (Amazon publishing). This will be a trilogy and the titles are:

So head over to Robert Duperre’s extensive announcement on his blog that details the inception of this trilogy and how this authorial partnership came to be as well. So this is another excellent bit of information for fans wanting to read dark, gritty character driven fantasy. I’m sure with these two new series coming out, David and Robert are sure to become really popular with fantasy fandom in the near future.

NOTE: David Dalglish,Gord Rollo and Robert Duperre pictures courtesy of the authors themselves.